Hilo not only lost a three-touchdown lead, but its standout quarterback and fleet-footed wide receiver as well.
Players were dropping like flies Aug. 27 as Konawaena mounted a comeback at Wong Stadium, but it only seemed as if the world was caving in on the Vikings.
Hilo came back to win its BIIF regular-season opener, 23-21, and Thursday coach Kaeo Drummondo used three words to describe the prognosis for seniors Ka’ale Tiogangco and Lukas Kuipers: good to go.
“In the middle of that game, it looked like a bunch of bad injuries,” Drummondo said, “but for the most part it was smaller stuff.